PHP Developer

Job Title: Senior Java Developer

Location: Mumbai (On-site)

Notice Period: Immediate Joiners Preferred / 15 Days or Less

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Java Developer with 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java-based application development. The ideal candidate should be adept at designing scalable systems, optimizing performance, and leading development efforts in collaboration with cross-functional teams. This is a full-time, on-site position for candidates currently residing in Mumbai and available to join within 15 days.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end design, development, and deployment of Java applications
• Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed design
• Build scalable, secure, and high-performing applications
• Develop and consume RESTful APIs and ensure seamless integration
• Implement microservices architecture and containerized deployments
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Perform code reviews, debugging, and performance tuning
• Collaborate with DevOps for CI/CD and production deployments
• Guide junior developers and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions
• Stay updated on new technologies and industry trends

Required Technical Skills:

• Languages & Frameworks:
• Core Java, J2EE
• Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security)
• Hibernate / JPA
• Apache Maven / Gradle
• API Development & Integration:
• RESTful APIs, JSON, Swagger/OpenAPI
• Databases:
• MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
• MongoDB, Redis (preferred)
• Frontend Exposure (Optional but Preferred):
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
• Angular / React
• Tools & Platforms:
• Git, GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket
• Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes (basic knowledge)
• SonarQube, Log4j, ELK stack (preferred)
• Cloud & DevOps (Good to Have):
• AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS), Azure or GCP
• CI/CD pipeline setup
• Architecture & Patterns:
• Microservices, MVC, Design Patterns
• Event-driven architecture (Kafka/RabbitMQ is a plus)
• Testing:
• JUnit, Mockito
• Postman, REST Assured

Soft Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to lead and mentor a team
• Time management and task prioritization
• Adaptable and quick learner

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of relevant software development experience
• Relevant certifications (Oracle Java, AWS, PMP) are a plus

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be currently residing in Mumbai
• Must be able to join within 15 days or less
• Immediate joiners preferred

Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.

They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

● Lead User Stories and guide senior/software engineers in the development process

● Understand architecture principles, design patterns and implement them from architectural artifacts.

● Provide effort estimation of assigned work and be able to complete as per the estimations and timelines

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code including unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement new features

● Participate in design and code reviews

● Ability to resolve performance issues

● Mentor junior software engineers and help them grow their technical skills

Must Have Skills:

● B.E/B.Tech in computer science

● 8-11 years of experience

● Hands-on experience following skills

MS Technologies: NET CORE 5+, C#

Backend : MSSQL /MySQL/Postgres 

● Good understanding of Cloud technologies like Azure/AWS.

● Good understanding of Design Principles, Design patterns and Microservices Architecture.

● Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills

● Worked in an Agile software development environment

Must understand full stack development frameworks including knowledge of building scalable APIs, interfaces, software components, schema design, availability, and latency preferably in a cloud environment.

● Worked in a fast-paced environment preferably in a tech driven startup

● Understanding of different types of architectures.

Our client DDB Mudra Group are one of India’s largest marketing communications networks. The Group’s promise ‘Unexpected Works’ comes alive in our partnerships with some of the world’s fastest-growing companies and most admired brands including Johnson & Johnson, Volkswagen, Pepsico, McDonald’s, TTK Prestige, Diageo, Unilever, Royal Enfield, Titan, Meesho, and Infosys. Our agencies include DDB Mudra, 22feet Tribal Worldwide, Mudramax, Interbrand, Track and TracyLocke.  

Our work has shone at many prestigious forums.  

• APAC Agency of the Year at Spikes Asia 2022 with consecutive Grand Prix wins in the last three years. 
• Asia's #1 creative agency by WARC Rankings 2021. 
• India’s Agency of the Year and #5 in Asia according to Campaign Brief’s ‘The Work 2021’. 
• 2 at Kyoorius 2021. 
• One of the only two Indian agencies to bring home a Cannes Gold in 2021. 

One of the Top 20 most effective and creative agencies in the world by Effie Index 2020Our unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion as one of the company’s key pillars for growth is seen through marquee initiatives like ‘The Phyllis India Project’ which creates a community of women leaders, and ‘Open Pride’ that fosters an inclusive and engaging work environment for the LGBTQIA+ community & allies. The Group was awarded Silver at IWEI’s Top Employers 2020 for the LGBT+ community. We are also four-time Gold winners of the Talent Development Program of the Year at the Campaign South Asia Agency of the Year Awards. 
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Key responsibilities & Deliverables:

 
Candidates with extensive Drupal experience please apply!

• Deeper understanding and working experience in Drupal, WordPress, Laravel or CodeIgniter & NodeJS (Express JS).
• Analyze, design, code, debug, test, document & deploy applications
• Experienced in OOP and knowledge of design patterns
• Creating, using implementing and modifying Drupal/WordPress themes.
• Customize and tweak core, forms, modules and themes in Drupal/WordPress.
• Managing deployments of PHP and NodeJS projects with one or multiple developers across environments
• Hands-on experience in PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, Drupal, WordPress, Laravel or CodeIgniter, NodeJS (Express JS), MySQL, MongoDB.
• Exposure Experiences in application integration and web services technologies (REST, SOAP, XML, etc.) WebAPI
• Responsible and Reliable developer working against strict timelines and meeting on-time delivery goals.
• Deploying applications in AWS or GCP or Azure
• Must be a self-starter & be able to work with minimum supervision
• Should have capacity to solve complex business problems

Essential skills:

• Seeking 2+ years experienced PHP/NodeJS developer for long term employment.
• Must have, 2+ years’ experience working under Drupal, WordPress, Laravel or CodeIgniter, NodeJS (Express JS).
• Expertise in Drupal, WordPress, Laravel or CodeIgniter, NodeJS (Express JS), MySQL, Rest APIs and MongoDB.
• Good knowledge of Ajax, jQuery, HTML, Javascript, and CSS.
• Familiarity with source control systems such as Subversion, etc.
  Knowledge of Object-oriented concepts.
• Good to know about deploying applications in AWS or GCP or Azure
• Knowledge of REST/SOAP Web services.
• Knowledge of AngularJS or React JS is a big plus.
• Good to have certification under any CMS or Framework.
• Proficient in the maintenance and administration of applications.
• Experience integrating open source and third-party applications into existing applications.
• Results-oriented, reliable, and able to work under pressure.
• Ability to communicate technical ideas to business users and other teams.
• Ability to both collaborate with team members and work independently.
• Eager to embrace current and emerging web technologies

Regards,
Namrata Shukla.

As a Senior Software Engineer you have complete ownership of building out the Docexa product along with product people and the rest of the engineering team. This role will act as a great springboard to accelerate career growth & transition into a Tech Lead level role.

Your daily life

• Architecting of the whole platform
• Development of server-side logic
• Building new services and APIs
• Developing core business logic
• Maintenance of current APIs
• Improving the performance and reliability of our systems as we scale

Must-have skills

• You’ve been building web applications professionally for 4+ years
• You’re proficient in PHP 7, Laravel, and PostgreSQL
• You possess strong OOP and design pattern knowledge
• You are familiar with modern technology systems: AWS, load balancers, Kafka queues, caching, etc.
• You write understandable, testable and easy to maintain code
• You’ve the ability to build RESTful APIs
• Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support team, and fellow engineers is not a problem for you
• Well versed with the fundamentals of computer science and distributed systems